A look at the story of a plane crash in the Andes, in which only two people survived.
A cargo ship's crew stranded in the North Atlantic is rescued by a search-and-rescue team based in Gander, Newfoundland.
The rescue of French cavers trapped underground by a flash flood is recalled.
In October 2005, a devastating earthquake rocks the city of Islamabad in Pakistan, killing more than 70,000 people. In the wreckage of an apartment lays a mother, alive but trapped. She can hear her baby just a few feet away but cannot reach her. Will rescuers be able to reach them in time?
Following efforts to evacuate patients from the Tulane Medical Center in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.